2  Syllabus

Published

April 13, 2025

This site provides some further information on the objectives and syllabus/organization of the course.

Course Date: August 25, 2024 (9am-12:30pm, Berlin)

Course Objectives

Attendees of this advanced methods couse will learn how to implement transparent and reproducible workflows across the real-world evidence study lifecycle.

flowchart TB
A(Design stage) --> B
B(Analysis execution stage) --> C
C(Reporting stage)
Figure 2.1: RWE study liefcycle.
  • Design stage: Incorporate reproducible reporting of key study parameters at a study design and planning stage using the HARPER protocol

  • Analysis stage: Version control and share analytic code at the analysis and execution stage of the study using git and Github

  • Reporting stage: Use literate programming by combining narrative language, analytic code and study results for transparent and reproducible study reporting

Syllabus

In this practical hands-on course, we introduce resources and tools needed for the transparent and reproducible conduct of RWE studies following FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reproducible) principles.

Table 2.1: Detailed course timetable
Time Topic Instructor Description
14:30 - 14:40 Welcome and introduction Janick Weberpals NA
14:40 - 15:00 DESIGN STAGE: HARPER template Shirley V. Wang NA
15:00 - 15:40 ANALYSIS STAGE: Git and GitHub introduction Anna Schultze NA
15:40 - 16:00 ANALYSIS STAGE: GitHub Copilot Janick Weberpals NA
16:00 - 16:30 COFFEE BREAK - NA
16:30 - 17:30 INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP John Tazare (Anna Schultze, Janick Weberpals) NA
17:30 - 17:55 REPORTING STAGE: Quarto introduction Janick Weberpals NA
17:55 - 18:00 COURSE CONCLUSION Janick Weberpals NA